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#### 11.11.2.5 Preformatted Text

To write preformatted text inside a section, indent the code by two spaces after ‘`#`’ at the beginning of each line and leave the lines above and below the preformatted text blank, except for ‘`#`’ at the beginning of those lines.

    ##
    # This following text is preformatted:
    #
    #  "To be, or not to be: that is the question:
    #  Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
    #  The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
    #  Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
    #  And by opposing end them?  To die: to sleep;"
    #
    #  --"Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare